Minnesota Vikings linebackers coach/special assistant to the head coach Mike Singletary will remain with the team for the 2012 season. Former linebackers coach Fred Pagac is still considering whether to return.

Former Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Fred Pagac is still considering the Vikings' offer to be the linebackers coach. If Pagac does accept the job, it is believed current linebackers coach Mike Singletary would remain on the coaching staff.

Former Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Fred Pagac was offered the team's linebackers coach position, leaving the status of assistant coach Mike Singletary up in the air. Singletary, who coached the linebackers in 2011, could either be promoted to defensive coordinator or looking for work elsewhere. Singletary is close friends with head coach Leslie Frazier.

Minnesota Vikings DL Jared Allen said Monday, Jan. 2, that he supports defensive coordinator Fred Pagac, and the Pro Bowl made it clear he wants the coach back. "I love Coach Pagac to death and I'm going to fight for him," Allen said. "I want him to be my d-coordinator next year."

Don Seeholzer, of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, reports Minnesota Vikings LB E.J. Henderson joined CB Fred Smoot in endorsing linebackers coach Fred Pagac as the club's next defensive coordinator now that former defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin has departed. "I think for continuity reasons he would be a good fit because the guys are used to him," Henderson said. "I think all the guys respect him as a coach, knowing that he's been around the game for so long. We all respect him and what he's doing and all the things he brought to the defense as the linebacker coach." Defensive tackle Pat Williams agreed. "If they bring in somebody from outside, guys have to get used to him and learn to trust that guy," Williams said. "We had trust in coach Tomlin and all our coaches. It would be kind of hard if they brought in a brand-new guy." Another potential in-house candidate is defensive line coach Karl Dunbar.